This document is intended to provide general guidance to health funders, providers and the public regarding assessment and decision making for patients with advanced kidney failure where renal replacement therapy is under consideration.

Access to Renal Replacement Programmes in New Zealand (PDF, 55 KB)

New Zealand’s renal services: Towards a national strategic plan – A scoping document

This scoping paper from the NRAB highlights for DHB CEOs’ attention a range of key issues facing the renal sector in New Zealand, and presents the case for developing a national strategic framework for renal services.

New Zealand’s renal services (Word, 192 KB)

New Zealand’s renal services (PDF, 128 KB)

The Demand for Renal Replacement Therapy: Projections for 2005–2019

The objectives of this study were to:

Project incident and prevalent renal replacement therapy (RRT) rates and counts from 2000–04 to 2015–19
Estimate the contribution of demographic and non-demographic drivers to the trend in demand (count).

The Demand for Renal Replacement Therapy (Word, 410 KB)

The Demand for Renal Replacement Therapy (PDF, 214 KB)

Transplant

Immunisation for adults pre-dialysis, on dialysis or pre-/post-kidney transplantation:

Vaccination schedule for all patients being considered for kidney transplantation and for those who already have a kidney transplant.

Immunisation for adults pre-dialysis, on dialysis or pre-/post-kidney transplantation

NZ Kidney Allocation Scheme protocol:

The New Zealand Kidney Allocation Scheme (NZKAS) is used to determine the allocation of deceased donor kidneys and non-directed donor kidneys.

See the National Renal Transplant Service’s papers

Algorithm for probability of 5-year post-transplant survival in New Zealand:

The Algorithm for probability of 5-year post-transplant survival in New Zealand is used by clinical specialists to calculate the probability of 5-year survival post renal transplant.

Improvements in Live Kidney Donation project:

Initiatives to increase live and deceased kidney donation (Word, 54KB)

Maori Pacific Attitudes Towards Transplantation: Professional Perspectives

This report provides a summary of renal departments’ experiences of working with Maori and Pacific people on transplantation, with a brief summary of renal departments’ views on the reasons for the observed disparities.

Maori Pacific Attitudes Towards Transplantation (PDF, 945 KB)

Professional

Roles and Responsibilities of Renal Technicians

This document defines the authorised scope of the role of the renal technicians.

Roles and Responsibilities of Renal Technicians (PDF, 161 KB)

Dialysis Practice for Clinical Renal Physiologist/Technologists

This handbook contains Clinical Renal Physiologist/Technologist competencies, scopes of practice, code of ethics, registration, certification, recertification/continuous professional development program (CPD) and training standards.

Dialysis Practice for Clinical Renal Physiologist/Technologists - January 2018 (PDF, 712 KB)

Papers and reports